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This is the course blog for Ateneo de Manila University students enrolled in COM111: Elements Of Screen Arts, an introductory film studies course offered by the Department of Communication for the 2nd Semester of SY 2018-2019.

Each student is required to write a blog entry of at least 500 words for each one of the following films, which will be screened and discussed in class. This filmography is intended to be more indicative rather than exhaustive and is subject to change:

  • 22 January 2019 – Schizopolis (Steven Soderbergh, 1996, 96 mins)
  • 29 January 2019 – Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, 2016, 120 mins)
  • 12 February 2019 – Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996, 93 mins)
  • 19 February 2019 – Futureless Things (Kim Kyung-Mook, 2014, 108 mins)
  • 26 February 2019 – My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991, 105 mins)
  • 05 March 2019 – Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998, 127 mins)
  • 19 March 2019 – Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984, 92 mins)
  • 26 March 2019 – Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, 2018, 112 mins)
  • 02 April 2019 – The Endless (Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, 2018, 111 mins)
  • 23 April 2019 – Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997, 135 mins) — OPTIONAL FOR SENIORS

 

  • FINALS WEEK FOR SENIORS

 

  • 30 April 2019 – F for Fake (Orson Welles, 1975, 89 minutes)
  • 07 May 2019 – Kimi no Na wa. (Makoto Shinkai, 2016, 107 mins)
  • 14 May 2019 – Life on Mars Series 1, Episodes 1 & 2 (Bahrat Nalluri, 2006, 117 mins)